At A Glance

8 January 2006 at a glance

Day of the week
8 January 2006 was a Sunday.
Irish Chart Song in 2006
The Irish chart song for 2006 was “Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol.
Top Film of 2006
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2006 was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Star sign
The star sign for 8 January is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 8 January 2006 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 8 January 2006 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 8 January

  • 1994 Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
  • 2002 President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
  • 2004 The RMS Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
  • 2016 Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.
  • 2023 Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress.

Famous people born on 8 January

  • Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (1935–1977)
  • David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (1947–2016)
  • Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author (1942–2018)
  • Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1999)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2006 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2006 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 9 January – Steve Staunton was appointed the new manager of the Ireland football team, to be mentored by Bobby Robson as International Football Consultantant.
  • 17 March – Over 400,000 people took to the streets of Dublin to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day as part of the world's largest Saint Patrick's Day Festival.
  • 16 April – Up to 120,000 people lined the streets of Dublin to mark the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
More events of 2006 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in Ireland in 2006

Taoiseach

Bertie Ahern

Petrol (per litre)

€1.15/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.25

Average House

€350,000

Weekly Wage

€430

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